By far the largest number of deaths and infections were reported again from the particularly severely affected province of Hubei. In South Croea, the number of infected people skyrocketed for the third day in a row.
Beijing (dpa) - According to official information, a further 109 people have fallen victim to the novel corona virus in China. In addition, the number of newly confirmed infections with the pathogen Sars-CoV-2 rose by 397 to 76,288 cases, said the health commission in Beijing.
By far the largest number of deaths and infections were reported again from the particularly severely affected province of Hubei, where the lung disease known as Covid-19 had originally broken out in the city of Wuhan. Outside the Chinese mainland, 15 deaths and more than 1,300 infections have been confirmed, 16 of them in Germany.
In South Korea, the number of infected people has skyrocketed for the third day in a row. As the health authorities announced, 142 new infections with the new corona virus were added overnight. The number of cases recorded rose to 346 - more than anywhere else outside of China, where Covid-19 broke out in December.
In South Korea, the authorities also reported that there was a second death related to the Sars-CoV-2 virus on Friday. Accordingly, it is a 54-year-old woman who was infected. She died after the transfer from Daenam Hospital in southeast Cheongdo to a clinic in the coastal city of Busan. The day after, a man who had been treated in the same clinic in Cheongdo had been diagnosed with the virus after death.
The majority of the new cases continue to focus on and around the southeastern city of Daegu. According to the authorities, more than 100 infections were associated with the Daenam Clinic and a Christian sect. 38 other members of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Daegu and other places were infected.
The authorities suspect that the rapid spread of the virus among members came from an infected 61-year-old sectarian. Despite the symptoms of the disease, she initially refused a virus test.
The government had designated Daegu and Cheongdo as a special control zone. Among other things, medical personnel from the armed forces are to be deployed there.